diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64d1f06780..57ace0a0c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>2.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>